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    "id": 911038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/911038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "be implemented. I promised them that I would ensure value for money; and that every penny must count. We are now talking about increasing money to the counties. I hope that we are going to get more money to the counties. If that is so, they should also be responsible and make sure that every shilling is put to value so that Wanjiku and everybody else benefits from the monies we are taking to the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we move forward, we, probably, also need to look at the procurement procedure, because that is where corruption starts. We have abdicated our duties to some people we call engineers, Quantity Surveyors (QS), public works people, and the like. The moment they prepare a Bill of Quantities (BQ), more often than not they know who will win that tender. They do so with the one who will get that contract in mind. That is a process that also needs to be reviewed so that we see what it is and the structural issues we need to do. Some of the procurement officers in the counties or the County Executive Committee (CEC) members require the security of tenure so that they are not dictated to by the governors. We need to have checks and balances that will enhance governance structures. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to move the Motion and ask my friend, Sen. Faki, to second."
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